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INDIAN ARMY VETERINARY SURGEON. 
There are cases also where the signs of inflammation are 
apparent. In these I have bled, blistered, and administered 
enemas, given opium, calomel, &c., and probably thought it 
a hard case when my patient has died, notwithstanding so 
much had been done for him. Where such evidences exist, 
I resort to aconite, the effects of which are not only 
“ electrical,” but “ marvellous.” 
I believe Mr. Bond, of Buckingham, is able to furnish 
some valuable information as to the use of this agent in 
combination with Spts. Ammon. Aromat. I should feel glad 
if he would give, through your columns, an account of his 
mode of exhibiting it. 
The conclusion I have arrived at in the treatment of colic 
is somewhat in accordance with the old adage, consisting— 
not so much in what to give, but when to give it.” I 
verily believe that slight cases are often protracted by the 
use of aloes, their exhibition not being necessary. 
THE PAY AND POSITION OF THE INDIAN ABMY 
VETERINARY SURGEON. 
Bv “ Argus,” 
India ; December 1, 1863. 
I have just read a letter in your pages from “ An Indian 
Army Veterinary Surgeon,” and agree with him completely 
in thinking that the profession at home should be made fully 
aware of the mistake it makes in supposing that we out here 
are well paid, and that India is a country for veterinary sur¬ 
geons to make fortunes in. Your correspondent evidently 
belongs to one of the other presidencies, for his rates of pay 
and expenses are different from ours here; but we are nearly 
as badly off as he appears to be. I can give you the items of 
my expenditure for the last two years—no approximation, 
but the actual average per mensem —by which this statement 
■would be made most clear. If I insert the particulars of one 
month it may prove useful in preventing young fellows from 
coming out here with high hopes, only to be disappointed. 
I am a bachelor, and live a very quiet life; drink nothing 
except at dinner, and then only one bottle of beer, or a pint 
or pint and a half of daught beer—hence I cannot be called 
extravagant. 
My expenses have been— 
